Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — When Cameron Lambert spotted a bunch of nothing checking his Lotto numbers two months ago today “I thought there had to be something wrong with the app, so I scanned my ticket again to be sure. “That’s when I realized I’d won $1 million. “I was so shocked and […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Who knows where the best public piano is in London’s Tube system? Or that video games have some “amazing music.” And that one of Britain’s best boogie woogie players was beating up the piano this afternoon at Trinity United Church — requiring a tuner next Monday. Kylan Haffie was […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Authors are like stand-up comedians at readings and book signings. Light, lively and full of great humour — while plugging for their latest novel. Linwood Barclay over 60 minutes entertained an audience of Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) members and guests recently at the Opera House here. The […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — It was only a knee scan, but Ben Osorio considered himself “lucky” to have an MRI in his hometown Monday. The Huntsville resident was the first patient to benefit from the state-of-the-art imaging tool hours before it was christened. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare opened its new Magnetic Resonance Imaging suite […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MIDLAND — At 11 p.m. Monday, July 5, 2021, Jonus Palmer was shot and killed outside of a residence on Old Fort Road in Tay Township. Police call it a homicide and now the province is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — As life concerts are embracing multifaceted sides our brains. Audiences no longer are left in their minds to frame images introduced by conductors who not only give rebirth to composer names, but try to explain what they intended when putting ink to five lines of music. The Orillia Silver […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA  — The band played on and the wet bars served beer. Torrential late afternoon rains that sent thousands racing for cover leaving others sheltering in any place at Mariposa yesterday may have drenched festival goers, but it didn’t deter final numbers by main stage artist Basia Bulat and ‘Tweener’ Rick […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — From the first canon blast the pirates it “battle stations” all for the little pirates aboard the Wenonah II this morning. A boatload of swashbuckling buccaneers waved their swords and shouted “shiver timbers” as they leaned menacingly over the bow, stern, port and starboards sides of the ship prepared […]